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TIL Green Bell Peppers Are Just Unripe Versions Of Red Peppers

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x6L90 TIL that there are a total of 33 places named Aberdeen worldwide
7r78O TIL a fighter jet landed itself, undamaged, in a field in Montana after the pilot ejected when the plane went into a flat spin during training. The plane righted itself and flew away on its own. A farmer found the plane sitting perfectly in a field hours later with the engines still running.
4XLgw TIL that thanks to Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust the current total population of Mauritius Kestrels is approximately 350. When they started their conservation work, there was just 4 remaining on Earth, with only two of them being a breeding pair.
kLw5 TIL, before his death, Ed Sullivan believed he was suffering complications from his long-standing battle with ulcers. He did not know that he had been diagnosed with advanced esophageal cancer the month before, a diagnosis his family and doctors had kept secret from him.
k5V5 TIL there is a “third” Korea. Its a neutral zone governed by the Chinese.